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2015-2017 Research assistant
At the First Neurophysiology Department of Addictions and
Comportamental Behaviour in Universidad de Buenos Aires
2016-2017 Qualification as teaching assistant for neurophysiology
Orientation in Physiology and Biophysiscs Department
in Universidad de Buenos Aires
2020- March 2021 Internship in medicine as COVID-19 Physician and asisstant throughout the
ongoing Pandemic
April 2021- Present Refuge caretaker at a mountain pass +
Patro le Prevost, Montreal (Québec, Canada), Head of the Leisure sector, September 2013 – September 2015
Méribel Tourisme, Méribel (France), Event Manager for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, November 2012 – April 2013
Tourisme office, Aigueblanche (France), Events manager, May 2012 – October 2012 +
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1. a. Yoga Teacher. Teaching regular group and individual yoga classes at the following schools:
November 2008 - December 2016
Dharma Yoga New York Center
61 W 23rd St, New York NY
Contact: Adam Frei
(212) 889-8160 adam@dharmayogacenter.com
Yoga LynBrook
49 Atlantic Ave, Lynbrook NY
Contact: Hana Hersko
(516) 887-1188 hana@yogalynbrook.com
Yoga Long Beach
54 West Park Avenue, Long Beach NY
Contact: Hana Hersko,
(516) 889-0808 hana@yogalynbrook.com
Brooklyn Yoga School
82 Sixth Ave, Brooklyn NY
Contact: Lily Cushman
(718) 395-7632 lily@brooklynyogaschool.com
Yoga Spot NY
1957 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Contact: Garry Pekerman
(718) 339-6425
BambooMoves Yoga
107-40 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills NY
Contact: Suzanne Scholten
(718) 263-0788
suzanne.scholten@bamboomovesyoga.com
Yoga People
160 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY
Contact: Wendy Chanelis
(718) 522-9642 info@yoga-people.com
Plaza Wellness
36 Plaza Street East, Brooklyn NY
Contact: Jenna Zabala
(718)-789-8020 jenna@zabalaholistics.com
1.b. CHEF at YOGA RETREATS and EVENTS, Freelance. 2009 – 2016.
2. Bookkeeping, part time.
August 2012 – December 2016 LuxYoga LLC New York NY
Maintained a QuickBooks database and client files, managing Accounts Payable and Account Receivable, setup wire transfers and financial statement reconciliation.
3. Studio and Office Manager. Yoga Teacher.
October 2008 – August 2012 Dharma Yoga Corp., New York NY
Managed Teacher Training registration and certification process and homeworks, Student Affairs, Accounts Payable, Account Receivable. Wire transfers and financial statement reconciliation. Managed training of new personnel and volunteers. Teaching and assisting yoga classes. +
Library Assistant, Rangjung Yeshe Institute, August 28-December 22, 2022
Conference organizer, guest lecture coordinator, and online course producer (combined role), Rangjung Yeshe Institute. 15th of January 2023-May 1st 2024
Traditional Sanskrit instructor and Tibetan-English interpreter (combined role), Rangjung Yeshe Institute, June 7th-August 7th. +
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i have one Buddhist travel agency tour. I guide people to sacred places on Tibet, Buthan, Nepal and India. (2013/2019)
massage (2001-2007)
Online bhuddist shop (2011/2019) +
Behavioral Health Technician, Lifewell Behavioral Health, Phoenix, AZ. 11/2020 - 05/2021
Temporary Monastic, Gampo Abbey - Halifax NS 10/2019 - 09/2020
Patient Transporter, HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Hospital-Scottsdale, AZ 04/2016-10/2019
Customer Service Representative, Fresh and Easy-Scottsdale, AZ 04/2013-11/2015 +
Visiting Nurse Hospice - Serenity House
930 Miramonte Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
02/26/2020-present
Valle Verde (American Baptist Homes)
900 Calle de los Amigos, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
07/2010-02/2020
Casa Dorinda (Montecito Retirement Association)
300 Hot Springs Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
04/2009-07/2010 +
Teaching Assistant and Residential Assistant
Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California
June 2025 to present
Provided emotional and logistical support to students participating in Gomde California's annual summer program. Answered basic Dharma questions and directed students to competent teachers or scriptural resources as appropriate.
Research Assistant
Laboratory for Cognitive and Perceptual Learning at Brown University
2022 through 2023
Assisted in experiments that used simultaneous polysomnography (PSG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). The job included preparation of PSG (attachment of the PSG cap, impedance checking, taking rapport with volunteers, placing the volunteer inside the MRI scanner). Collaborated with professors, postdocs, and undergraduates in the laboratory in meetings.
Barber
self employed, part time
2015-present
Performed haircuts for ~200 clients consisting of classmates, teammates, teachers, friends, and family. See https://www.instagram.com/sagethebarber/ for examples of work. +
2015 - 2024 : Mountain leader, Nature guide and Mindfulness meditation teacher
2006-2013 : Instructor of the three years retreat at the Karma Ling Institute
1999-2001 : Personal assistant of Lama Denys, Head of the Karma Ling Institute (Savoie, France)
1998 : Electrical Engineer for 6 months +
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Psychologist, Psychosomatic Clinic Hochsauerland, 8/2010 - 10/2011
Social care (Psychologist) for people with mental disorders, Gambe Berlin, 4/2014 - 5/2017
Psychotherapist (CBT), Sanmelio Berlin, 5/2019 - 5/2021 +
Interviewer for exchange students from January 2017 - May 2019
Security Firm / traffic regulation 2014 - 2018
English Language eacher at a language school 2009 - 2018 +
Psychotherapy/Outpatient Clinician:
Clara Martin Center, Bradford, VT ) 05033 - (2018-2019)
Psychotherapist/ Independent Contractor:
Vitality Associates, Barre, VT 05641 - (2019 2021)
Psychotherapist - Private Practice :
Counseling Arts: Psychotherapy and Somatic Process
Montpelier, VT 05602(2010 – present) +
Psychotherapy/Outpatient Clinician:
Clara Martin Center, Bradford, VT ) 5033 - (2018-2019)
Psychotherapist/ Independent Contractor:
Vitality Associates, Barre, VT 05641 - (2019 2021)
Psychotherapist - Private Practice :
Counseling Arts: Psychotherapy and Somatic Process
Montpelier, VT 05602 (2010 – present) +
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2010-2014: professor in woodworking, Convivial, center for refugees, Brussels
2005-2014: cabinet maker and carpenter as self employed.
2008-2010: volunteering at a community center, Chicago, Brussels
2004-2005: internships in cabinetmaking, and woodturning, Pierre Lussier and Pierre-Nicolas Côté, Montréal.
2001-2004: interships in cabinetmaking and carpentry, Thierry Dubois and Patrick Wagner, Brussels. +
Internship as clinical psychologist at Psychiatric Ward, Johannesburg General Hospital and Transvaal Memorial Institue in the Child and Family Unit under supervision by WITS University, consequent registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a clinical psychologist
Private practice as clinical psychologist, pro bono individual psychotherapy to individuals without means and volunteer work at local police station providing trauma counselling in Johannesburg, South Africa
Developed, produced and sold a nutritional supplement in powder form
Continued private practice and employment at ICAS (Independent Counselling and Advisory Services, an Employee Wellness Proivider company) as telephone counsellor, case manager and manageriual consultant in Johannesburg, South Africa
Group training in body-centred psychotherapy by Hakomi therapist Klaus Staudt in Johannesburg, South Africa +
Since 2001: Co-founder and co-manager of Fiduciaire Art Consult (www.art-consult.be): Created by Stéphane Bertha and Christophe De Keyser, accountants and tax specialists approved by the I.P.C.F, Art Consult is a fiduciary whose collaborators have specialized in the cultural and artistic field. Our main skills are accounting and tax. The objective of Art Consult is first to help artists and creatives to identify the most appropriate social and fiscal status for their activities. Then, we help our clients to establish their annual budgets and control them effectively through accounting, which becomes a management tool. From 1st of July 2019, Art-Consult has merged with another company of same size called Deg +
International Rescue Committee (IRC, case manager) 2010-2011
Project Path to Recovery (psychotherapist to women recently released from prison) 2009-2010
Green Chimney (youth adviser for troubled youth) 2008-2009 +
2010 - Present, Carpenter/Painter at Katog Rithrod Mountain Retreat Center, Arkansas
2005 - 2010, Yoga Instructor at Bywater Yoga and other locations, and Bicycle Mechanic at Gerken’s Bike Shop, New Orleans, LA
1999 - 2006, Bicycle Mechanic at French Quarter Bicycles, New Orleans, LA +
1. Self employed carpenter, February 2011 - February 2021 Parthenon, AR
2. Sound Cafe, Barista, October 2005 - October 2011 New Orleans, LA
3. French Quarter Bicycles, Mechanic, January 1999 - May 2005
NOTE: I held many jobs during my final five years in New Orleans, often overlapping jobs as a bicycle mechanic at two shops, a yoga instructor at several studios, and various cafe work. My resume reflects a few of the other jobs. +
I am a freelance translator of Tibetan to English (or rarely Danish), oral and written.
Two months ever summer of 2015-2019, I have been working on textual translation in the Vikramashila Translation Project financed by the Garchen Foundation, in the Milarepa Retreat Center, Germany.
2017, Sept-Nov: During my Masters, I did an academic internship with Tibetologist Dr. Jan-Ulrich Sobisch on a research project concerning divination (mo), mainly focused on the divination of the Drikung Kagyu protector deity Achi Chökyi Drölma. +
